Martin Vickers
Pachirisu Gijinka
Doctor Morgan's Medical Office, Rustwall City

Doctor Morgan hated giving bad news, but after running several blood tests and examining the nature of the FEV in Martin's genes, the situation looked terrible and he only had one prognosis.

"I can't stop the EvoTox FEV from taking effect," Doctor Morgan told the Pachirisu Gijinka. "This is an advanced mutagen that's been working its way into your genes for many years. There is no way to reverse it or undo it."

"I... it's okay," Martin replied, looking pale but still trying to force a polite smile. "Thanks for trying."

Doctor Morgan had recalled Martin's descriptions of what happened in Vault 62, and they seemed to match with the medical findings he had uncovered after the lab tests and analysis. But something came to mind that made it possible he could try to direct exactly how the mutation would turn out. Instead of becoming one of the freakish monsters that had been let loose in Vault 62, he did have a directive chemical agent that could at least guild Martin's upcoming mutations toward a more comfortable outcome, an outcome that had taken place among a few of Martin's peers.

"The mutations will be taking effect sometime in the weeks to come," Doctor Morgan told him. "What I can do is administer a vaccine of gene directive that will at least annul the more... unfavorable outcomes. Instead of becoming a violent mutant like some of your fellow vault-dwellers did, you'll at least be part of the group that instead became fully Pokémon."

"You mean... this would change me entirely into a Pachirisu?" Martin asked, looking a little anxious.

"It's the best I can do," he replied, still feeling a ping of regret there wasn't more he could have done to stop the mutation entirely. "My precursory medical analysis of your genes in response to the vaccine states that after post-mutation, you'll retain most of your memories at first, but you may find yourself succumbing to more animalistic instincts akin to that of a naturally born Pachirisu. As time goes on, your memories may start to fade and in time, you may begin to think you were never a giinka or anything besides a Pachirisu in the first place."

"Oh no..." Martin replied with anxiety. "How am I supposed to live like that!?"

The initial shock of it was overwhelming to Martin. In just a few weeks, he was going to end up entirely like the electric squirrel Pokémon, and he simply didn't have any kind of solution to it. Still, there was nothing he could do.

"I wish I had better news to give you," Doctor Morgan told him. "At least it isn't fatal."

"I guess that's true..." Martin replied. "Let's... okay, let's just do it. I'd rather have this than become some destructive mutant."

Doctor Morgan felt he made the right choice, though in his situation, he wouldn't know what to think. EvoTox FEV was not something he had seen before, but the samples and research would prove valuable to the scientific community still trying to thrive and rebuild in the wasteland.